Wall picture hanger



Jan M, T? A. FOLTIS 2,495,712

WALL PICTURE HANGER Filed Feb. 27, 1946 BY g ZZ W ATTORNEYS.

Paltented Jan. 31, 1950 UNITED STATES hATENT @FFICE 2.4951112,- I i i wean ercruan hangar; Anes'tis Foltis. Jackson Heights, N. Y. Application February 2'7, 194 i, .Serial'No. $0,634

1 Claim. (or. lathe) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in hangers especially to those employed for hanging pictures and like articles.

An object of the invention is to provide a hanger which more definitely and securely supports the usual cord or wire whereby it does not slip and thus cause the picture to tilt as is often the case.

A further object is to provide a hanger which is more stably connected to the supporting wall whereby the hanger will not swing out of place.

A still further object is to provide a hanger in which the usual pins employed are more securely connected to the plate at points along their length so that the strain of the weight of the supported article is more evenly distributed along the pin.

Further and more specific objects, features, and advantages will more clearly appear from the detailed specification hereinafter set forth especially when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which illustrate present preferred forms which the invention may assume and which form part of the specification.

Briefly and in the most general terms the invention includes a plate in which front and rear walls are bent to form fairly long troughs to house the cord connected to the article to be supported, with spaced pin-receiving elements disposed at spaced points along the plate.

Particularly the pin-receiving elements may be spaced bent fingers or collars to receive and/or encircle the pin and contact it at spaced points along its length. Preferably also the plate is provided with forwardly projecting lips to facilitate the introduction of the cord into the trough.

still more particularly the pin-receiving elements may take the form of strips bent into a U-shape with apertures to receive the pin at the base thereof and spaced from the main plane of the plate to afford at least two points of contact with the pin along its length.

This disposition of several pins on the plate makes the plate more secure in its anchorage to the wall and prevents its swinging around the pivot of a single pin as often now happens. It also distributes the load on the pin by having it contacted at several points along its length.

Still more particularly it provides the trough of considerable length to house the cord so that the friction of contact is thus sufficient to prevent the sliding of the cord and the consequent tilting of the article being supported.

Yet further the plate with the trough is shaped to have the trough slope downwardly from the middle thereof to its ends to more effectively support the cord. The hanger may be provided withthe collars encircling the pin or the bent fingers engaging itor any combination of these elements desired; The pin engaging elements may be disposed laterally of each other along the top of the rear wall or may be disposed vertically with respect to each other and connected to the rear and front walls or in any combination of these arrangements as may be deemed more suitable.

The present preferred forms which the invention may assume are illustrated in the drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a front view of a preferred form of the hanger.

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a front view of another form of the hanger, and

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 3.

The hangers illustrated in the above mentioned figures are designed to provide ample contact surface for the supporting cord; to provide certain means whereby the cord may be introduced into the channels of the hanger; to provide unusually lengthy channels for the cord to reduce wear thereon and make the support more secure;

to provide spaced points for the positioning of supporting pins to make the hanger more steadily secured to the wall; and to provide a construction which in most of the forms will enable the hanger to contact the supporting pin at two points at least along its length so that the pin may be more securely and firmly engaged with the hanger and add to the stability of the device.

In the form shown in Figure 1, the construction comprises a single piece plate or member of sheet metal with a rear wall Ill sloping downwardly from its midpoint and a front wall ll similarly sloped, the bottoms of said walls connected in a smooth curve as at I2 to form a trough for the supporting cord [3. Along the top of the front wall H are bent over forwardly projecting lips l lwhich facilitate the introduction of the cord 13 into the trough. Along the top of the rear wall In at the middle thereof and at the two ends there is provided extra metal to be bent around to form collars or bearings such as I5 through which the supporting pin it projects and passes through holes H in the rear wall to be anchored in the supporting surface It on which the hanger is disposed. This hanger as shown provides therefore a hanger plate having spaced pin positions and pin engaging members or elements l5 which aiTord contact with the pin at at least two points along its length. This construction therefore affords a very secure hanger with a long contact surface for the cord so that the picture or other supported article is not likely to become tilted out of position, due to wall vibrations as is so often the case.

In the form shown in Figure 3, the plate is similar as to the formation of the trough downwardly sloping but instead of pin encircling collars there are provided bent fingers or bearings l9 spaced forwardly from the top edge of the rear wall ID and provided with holes 20 to receive the pin l5 which passes then through the holes I! in the rear wall to enter the supporting surface l8 as before. In this formthe end lips M are omitted but the central lip I4 is still provided as shown. Here again there is a long contact trough for the cord i3 with a cord introducing lip and pin contacting means provided with two points of contact with the pin and as before there are three pins employed at spaced points along the rear wall thus adding to the secure positioning of the hanger and its stable connection with the supporting pins.

While the invention has been described in detail and with respect to present preferred forms which it may assume, it is not to be limited to such forms and details since many changes and modifications in the invention may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in its broadest aspects. Hence it is desired to cover any and all forms and modifications of the invention which may come within the language or scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

I A hanger comprising a, member having front and rear walls connected at their bottoms by a curved wall forming a trough, said front and rear walls and said trough sloping downwardly from the middle to the ends thereof, a lip on the top of the front wall projecting forward and downward to facilitate the introduction of the cord into the trough, and curled portions disposed at the middle and ends of the top of the rear wall and presenting openings to receive pins for supporting the hanger.

ANESTIS FOLTIS.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PA'IL'NTS Name Date Johnson June 14, 1910 Number 

